The New Warriors: Native American Leaders Since 1900 by R. David Edmunds


The New Warriors: Native American Leaders Since 1900
Title : The New Warriors: Native American Leaders Since 1900
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ISBN : 0803267517
ISBN-10 : 9780803267510
Language : English
Format Type : Paperback
Number of Pages : 346
Publication : First published January 1, 2001

An indispensable introduction to the rich variety of Native leadership in the modern era, The New Warriors profiles Native men and women who have played a significant role in the affairs of their communities and of the nation over the course of the twentieth century.

 

The leaders showcased include the early-twentieth-century writer and activist Zitkala-Ša; American Indian Movement leader Russell Means; political activists Ada Deer and LaDonna Harris; scholar and writer D’Arcy McNickle; orator and Crow Reservation superintendent Robert Yellowtail; U.S. Senators Charles Curtis and Ben Nighthorse Campbell; Episcopal priest Vine V. Deloria Sr.; Howard Tommie, the champion of economic and cultural sovereignty for the Seminole Tribe of Florida; Cherokee chief Wilma Mankiller; Pawnee activist and lawyer Walter Echo-Hawk; Crow educator Janine Pease Pretty-on-Top; and Phillip Martin, a driving force behind the spectacular economic revitalization of the Mississippi Band of Choctaws.

The New Warriors: Native American Leaders Since 1900 Reviews

  • Michelle Boyer

    A great collections of essays discussing the way(s) in which multiple American Indian leaders and activists are continuing to push back against colonialism in order to better their communities. The collection includes essays on:

    Charles Curtis (Kaw)
    Zitkala-Sa (Dakota)
    Robert Yellowtail (Crow)
    Vine V. Deloria Sr. (Dakota)
    D'Arcy McNickle (Metis-Flathead)
    LaDonna Harris (Comanche)
    Russell Means (Lakota)
    Howard Tommie (Seminole)
    Phillip Martin (Mississippi Choctaw)
    Wilma Mankiller (Cherokee)
    Ada Deer (Menominee)
    Ben Nighthorse Campbell (Northern Cheyenne)
    Janine Pease Pretty-on-Top (Crow)
    Walter Echo-Hawk (Pawnee)

    While these are brief essays that are focusing on political and economic campaigns to reject colonialism, and it does not encompass all of the great leaders of this time period, it is definitely a good start!

  • Blake

    Great discussion on Native American leaders since 1900. None of these are leaders in wars against whites, but they are the leaders of the next generation of the American Indian.